嘆息

See also: 歎息 and 叹息

Chinese

to sigh
 
rest; news; interest
rest; news; interest; breath
trad. (嘆息/歎息) 嘆/歎 息
simp. (叹息) 叹 息

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 嘆 息
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 透 (6) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 寒 (61) 職 (134)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 他旦切 相即切
Baxter thanH sik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰɑnH/ /sɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰɑnH/ /sɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɑnH/ /siek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰanH/ /sik̚/
Li
Rong
/tʰɑnH/ /siək̚/
Wang
Li
/tʰɑnH/ /sĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰɑnH/ /si̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tàn xi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
taan3 sik1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 嘆 息
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tàn xī
Middle
Chinese
‹ thanH › ‹ sik ›
Old
Chinese
/*n̥ˁar-s/ /*sək/
English sigh breathe

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嘆 息
Reading # 2/2 1/1
No. 4895 13332
Phonetic
component
暵 息
Rime
group
元 職
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
炭 息
Old
Chinese
/*n̥ʰaːns/ /*slɯɡ/
Notes 說文自亦聲

Verb

嘆息

  1. to sigh (with regret); to heave a sigh

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (嘆息):
  • → Japanese: 嘆息(たんそく) (tansoku)
  • → Korean: 탄식(歎息) (tansik)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嘆 息
たん
Grade: S
そく
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
嘆息 (kyūjitai)
歎息

Noun

嘆(たん)息(そく) • (tansoku) 

  1. a sigh

Verb

嘆(たん)息(そく)する • (tansoku suru) intransitive suru (stem 嘆(たん)息(そく)し (tansoku shi), past 嘆(たん)息(そく)した (tansoku shita))

  1. to sigh

Conjugation

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